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<br />F. Cumulative Impacts <br /> <br />Item 19. <br /> <br />Related Projects/Proposals - Address cumulative impacts on resources and <br />related projects when this action is considered with other proposed and existing <br />water projects and legislative designations. <br /> <br />Refer to: Gunnison meetings; the City of Colorado Springs; Mr. Clark; CREDA; CRWCD; <br />EPA; the NPCA; Non-Federal Parties to the 1975 Exchange Agreement. (49 comments) <br /> <br />Numerous respondents requested an analysis of how other proposed water projects would affect <br />various elements when considered in combination with the proposed water delivery contract. <br />Projects mentioned included AB Lateral, transbasin diversions, Rocky Point, Union Park, Dallas <br />Creek, Arapahoe County, City of Aurora, Redlands Diversion, Uncompahgre, Paonia, Smith <br />Fork, Bostwick Park, Fruitgrowers, and Dominguez. Elements discussed included water supply, <br />recreation releases, endangered fish, trout and native fisheries, and local, county, and basin <br />economies. <br /> <br />Concerns were also expressed on the effects of the contract on proposed legislation to designate <br />the Gunnison as a Wild and Scenic River, redesignate Black Canyon as a national park, and <br />establish a National Conservation Area in the Gunnison Gorge. <br /> <br />IV. UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS AND MITIGATION <br /> <br />During public meetings and included in several written comments were ideas and questions <br />concerning the potential mitigation problems that might occur under the contract. <br /> <br />Item 20. <br /> <br />Mitigation - Identify potential unavoidable impacts and need for mitigation. <br /> <br />Refer to: Gunnison, Montrose, and Delta meetings; Mr. Butterfield; CREDA; CRWCD; Mr. <br />Hinchman; Montrose Economic Development Council; Montrose County Commissioners. (17 <br />comments). <br /> <br />In Gunnison, it was asked how Morrow Point and Crystal Reservoirs could be operated to <br />mitigate effects of contract releases. Gunnison and Montrose meeting participants and the <br />Montrose Economic Development Council questioned if operational changes would cause <br />structural damage, increase operation and maintenance costs, or increase erosion problems at <br />Crystal Dam, Morrow Point Dam, the Gunnison Tunnel, or other downstream structures. If so, <br />they asked how these impacts would be mitigated and paid for. <br /> <br />One participant in Montrose asked whether Ridgway Reservoir of the Dallas Creek Project could <br />furnish water to downstream endangered fish species. Another participant suggested that better <br />water monitoring could result in more efficient water use. Several suggestions were made that <br /> <br />34, <br />